Device for applying polishing materials.



G. E. SIMONS DEVICE FOR APPLYING POLISHING MATERIALS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. I3- 1916.

1 ,23 5 ,252 Patented July 31, 1917.

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I INVENTOR 4 6f0fi6 07/110; 2 BY a I MIQM ATTORNEYS GEORGE E. SIMONS, orSEATTLE, WASHING ON.

DEVICE FOR APPLYING POLISHING MATERIALS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 13, 1916. Serial No. 72,178. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEoRoE E. SIMoNs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Devices for Applying PolishinMaterials, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in containers wherein polishingmaterials as wax preparations'may be stored and to improvements in meansof applying such polishing material and the object of this improvementis to provide a container for polishing material having a pad forapplying such material and means for forcing the polishing materialoutwardly through the pad as it is used.

A further object is to provide means for attaching a handle to each canof polish whereby when one can is emptied the handle may be removedtherefrom and placed on another can.

Still further objects are to provide a mop or polishing device that maybe used in connection with my container to polish a floor or othersurface after it has been waxed and to provide a brush for use inconnection with my container in applying the wax. I

The invention consists in the novel construction of a container and theadaptation and combination of such container with handle and polishingdevices as will be more clearly described in the followingspecification, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and finallypointed out in the appended claims. In the accompanying drawings Figurel is a view in vertical cross section of a container embodying thisinvention; Figs. 2 and 3 are fragmentary views in perspective of detailsof the invention; Fig. 4 is a view in side elevation of the device as itmay appear when associated with a mop therein shown partly in crosssection; Fig. 5 is a plan view of the frame of the mop that is shown inFig. 4; Fig. 6 is a view in cross section illustrating the fabric mopelement that may be used on the frame shown in Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a viewin cross section of a brush that is adapted for use in connection withmy con tainer and Fig. 8 is a cross section on broken line, 8, 8 of Fig.7 with the container removed.

Referring to the drawings throughout which like reference numeralsindicate like parts the numeral 10 indicates the side walls of anannular container that is open at the bottom end and is preferablyconstructed of any light cheap material as tin. 11 is a top that issecured to the sides 10 in any well known manner so that a peripheralbead 12 1s formed around the top end (see Fig. 1).

13 is an annular disk that is placed in the top portion of the containerto serve as a plunger and below which the can is filled with any desiredkind of polishing material 1 1 which for the purpose of this descriptionwill be called wax and which must be in a plastic state in order that itmay be forced out through a fabric pad 15 on the bottom of the can.

The fabric 15 is applied to the bottom of the can by stretching itacross one end of an annular ring 16 then folding the edges upwardlyaround the outside of the ring and downwardly on the inside thereof andthen passing the ring over the bottom end of the can in such manner thatthe edges of the fabric are securely held between the can and the ring.'Barbs 17 (see Fig. 3) are preferably provided on the top of the ring 1Qto engage with and hold the fabric while it is being put on and toinsure that it will not work off while in use.

A cross piece 18 is provided for the top of the can such cross piecebeing provided on each end with hooks 20 adapted to engage with andclamp upon the bead 12 and in the center with a threaded hole for thereception of a screw 21 that passes downwardly through a hole in the top11 and engages the plunger 13 the screw 21 being provlded on its top endwith a suitable hand hold by which it may be turned. The cross piece 18is further formed with an integral ferrule 22 in which may be secured ahandle 23.

In Figs. 4, 5 and 6, I have shown a mop that is adapted to be used withmy container, and consists in a frame 23 that is secured by a rivet 24to a shallowmetal dish 25 wherein the end of the container is adapted torest the dish serving as a bottom for the container when it is not inuse and preventing the wax from drying out and the container and itshandle serving as a handle for the mop when the mop is used forpolishing. A fabric mop element 26 of a form more clearly shown in Fig.6 is adapted to be placed on the frame 23 by inserting such frame withina suitable passageway in the Patented July 31, 1917.

top portion of the mop element, the lower portion of the mop elementforming a mat that prevents the frame 23 or dish 25 from coming incontact with the floor.

In Figs. 7 and 8 I have illustrated a brush 28 that is adapted to beused in combination with my container, such brush being slotted at theforward end thereof as indicated at 29 to receive the container andbeing provided with grooves 30 that engage with the bead 12 to supportthe container. A plate 31 similar to the plate 18 is secured to thebrush 28 crosswise of the slot 29 and is provided with a suitable tappedhole for the reception of a bolt 21 that operates as hereinbefore described and coacts with the grooves 30 to hold the container in itsproper position. The brush 28 is providedwith a suitable handle 32 thatmay be secured directly to the brush, as shown, or may be connected withthe plate 31 in the same manner that the handle is connected with theplate 18.

In operation the handle is placed on the container as shown in Fig. 1,the screw 21 is secured downwardly through the hole in the top of thecontainer onto the plunger 13 until the lunger is moved downwardly asufficient istance to cause the wax therein to be pressed firmly againstthe coarse fabric 15 and to be squeezed outwardly through such fabric.The fabric is then rubbed over the fioor as a mop and the wax mibbedonto the floor the heat generated by the rubbing causing the wax tosoften and ooze out through the fabric. After the floor is waxed thedevice is placed in the pan 25 of the mop, as shown in Fig. 4. and thefloor is polished with the mop.

When the device is not in use the con tainer is left in the pan 25 whichserves as a covering and prevents the wax from dryingr out.

he device shown in Fig. 7 is adapted for waxing and polishing at thesame time, the container spreading the wax and the brush rubbing the waxin.

While this device is designed especially for the waxing of floors itwill be understood that it may also be adapted to other uses and thatvarious changes in the shape, form and arrangement of the parts may beresorted to within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is 1. A device ofthe class described, com

rising a casing wherein soft material may Be stored said casing havingan open bottom end and an inclose top end, a dporous pad adapted tocover said bottom en a plunger disposed within the upper portion of saidcasing, a clip adapted to be removably associated with the top end ofsaid casing 'and means associated with said clip for penetrating saidtop end and engaging said plunger to force material outwardly throughsaid porous pad.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a casing wherein softmaterial may be stored said casing having an open bottom end and asealed top end, a porous pad adapted to cover said bottom end, a plungerdlsposed Within the upper portion of said casing, a clip adapted to beremovably ass0- ciated with the top end of said casing, a handle securedto said clip, and means associated with said clip for penetrating saidsealed top end and engaging said plunger to force material outward ythrough said porous pad. v 3. A receptacle for soft material comprisingan annular casing having an open bottom end and a top end that isprovided with an opening therethrough, an annular ring adapted to fitover the bottom end of sald casing, fabric stretched across said ringand secured between said ring and said casing to form a bottom for saidcasing, a plunger d1sposed in the top of said casing and adapted to actas a seal for the opening in said top end, a clip adapted to beremovably secured to the top of said can, a handle secured to said clip,and a screw in said clip and adapted to extend downwardly through saidopening in the top of said can to engage with and move said plunger.

4. The combination with a container having perforations in the bottomend thereof a plunger in said container, of a clip adapted to beremovably secured to the top of said container, a handle in said clip,and means on said clip adapted to enter said container and operate saidplunger.

5. A device of the class described comprising a casmg having anopenbottom end that 1s covered by a porous pad saidcasing being providedwith means for forcing soft material outwardly through said pad, of ahandle associated with said casing and a mop said mop having areceptacle for the bottom end of said casing whereby said casing and itshandle may serve as a handle for said mop and said receptacle may serveas a cover for the bottom end of said casing.

Signed by me at Seattle, Washington, this 22nd day of December, 1915.

GEORGE E. SIMONS. I

